GM and Chysler Bankruptcies

[kandrathe]

One is hopeless, and violates free association.

Yet, urban planning everywhere is trying to rezone to limit sprawl. The city planning trend is to force building vertical.

Two is a good idea, but that ship has sailed for most major American cities, and would take quite a lot of effort to reverse.

The numbers don't add up for me. It seems to cost more per passenger mile, and not provide enough passenger miles to eliminate lane miles of roads.

Three is a fantastic idea.

Which is a regressive tax, but it does punish those who drive the most, and ultimately forces people to move closer to their jobs, or use the heavily subsidized transit.

Four would be useless, because the US is an open economy and GM is not a monopoly supplier.

Not really. OPEC is not a monopoly either, but sudden increases and decreases in supply can heavily affect the market (e.g. Chip dumping). The government doesn't need to remain profitable, so it can use the power of production and price control to manipulate and blackmail the market.